Gender Socialization: Central Asia

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Although the development of
gender
socialization throughout
Central
Asia shares a common history, the Soviet period created
fundamental changes. Currently this process is expressed through
socioeconomic, cultural, and political differences among Central Asian
republics.

Throughout
Central
Asia the concept that women belong to men is ubiquitous:
their social status is acquired through father, brother, husband, and
son (Tokhtakhodjaeva 2001). Socialization is geared to gender roles: for
the woman, the role of wife, mother, and hou…